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Product Identifiers

PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-100807845949

ISBN-139780807845943

eBay Product ID (ePID)242854

Product Key Features

Book TitleGuide to the Historic Architecture of Eastern North Carolina

Number of Pages504 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicUnited States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), Buildings / Residential, Regional, History / General

Publication Year1996

IllustratorYes

FeaturesNew Edition

GenreTravel, Architecture, History

AuthorMichael T. Southern, Catherine W. Bishir

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN95-050149

ReviewsThis guide, with its maps and detailed place descriptions, would be an invaluable aid to heritage tourists. -- Wilson Daily Times, Anyone who loves North Carolina history or architecture will adore this superbly written and illustrated guide. This is truly a book to treasure. -- Southern Pines Pilot, The three-volume guide to the historic architecture of North Carolina may top the list of guide books. These three books provide what is surely the most comprehensive, historically and culturally informative, and easy-to-use set of guides to any state in the nation. -- ARRIS, Anyone who loves North Carolina history or architecture will adore this superbly written and illustrated guide. Southern Pines Pilot, A diverse and extensive guide for explorers with a historical bent. . . . An excellent guidebook. . . . No trip to the beach should be a straight drive when the Coastal Plain's back roads offer fascinating stories of North Carolina's history through the details of its architecture. -- Coastwatch, The book transcends the architectural report, combining architectural details, reasons for significance, and ripping vignettes of common and uncommon places. North Carolina Historical Review, This is the perfect gift, for it is not armchair scholarship and no one who takes the time to buy and use this book will be untouched. The book transcends the architectural report, combining architectural details, reasons for significance, and ripping vignettes of common and uncommon places into a succinct prose history. -- North Carolina Historical Review, This guide, with its maps and detailed place descriptions, would be an invaluable aid to heritage tourists. Wilson Daily Times, A feast of North Carolina's historic structures that will stand as a definitive source for many years.Roy Parker Jr., contributing editor,Fayetteville Observer-Times, A feast of North Carolina's historic structures that will stand as a definitive source for many years. Roy Parker Jr., contributing editor, Fayetteville Observer-Times, This guide, with its maps and detailed place descriptions, would be an invaluable aid to heritage tourists.WilsonDaily Times, The book transcends the architectural report, combining architectural details, reasons for significance, and ripping vignettes of common and uncommon places.North Carolina Historical Review, Not just the Cupola House and Tryon Palace, but tobacco barns, shotgun houses, textile factories, and railroad stations, too. A feast of North Carolina's historic structures that will stand as a definitive source for many years. -- Roy Parker Jr., contributing editor, Fayetteville Observer-Times, Anyone who loves North Carolina history or architecture will adore this superbly written and illustrated guide.Southern PinesPilot

Dewey Edition20

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal720/.9756

Table Of ContentContentsPreface Introduction Tidewater Currituck County Camden County Pasquotank County Perquimans County Gates County Chowan County Washington County Tyrrell County Dare County Hyde County Beaufort County Pamlico County Craven County Jones County Carteret County Onslow County Pender County New Hanover County Brunswick County Coastal Plain Hertford County Bertie County Martin County Northampton County Halifax County Edgecombe County Nash County Wilson County Pitt County Greene County Lenoir County Wayne County Johnston County Harnett County Cumberland County Sampson County Duplin County Bladen County Columbus County Robeson County Hoke County Scotland County Glossary Bibliography and Sources of Information Photography Credits Index MapsCountyCounty Map Groupings Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank Perquimans, Gates, Chowan Washington, Tyrrell Dare Hyde Beaufort Pamlico, Craven, Jones Carteret Onslow, Pender New Hanover, Brunswick Hertford, Bertie, Martin Northampton, Halifax Edgecombe, Nash, Wilson Pitt, Greene, Lenoir Wayne, Johnston Harnett, Cumberland Sampson, Duplin Bladen, Columbus Robeson, Hoke, Scotland CityElizabeth City Edenton Washington New Bern Beaufort Wilmington Roanoke Rapids Tarboro Rocky Mount Wilson Greenville Kinston Goldsboro Fayetteville

Edition DescriptionNew Edition

SynopsisThis guide to the historic architecture of Eastern North Carolina, is organized by counties, which are grouped geographically. It highlights key architectural features and trends, and relates buildings to the local and regional histories they represent., Eastern North Carolina boasts some of the oldest and most distinctive architecture in the state, from colonial churches and antebellum plantation houses to the imperiled lighthouses of the late nineteenth century. The more recent history of this predominantly agricultural region includes landscapes of small farmsteads, country churches, factories, tobacco barns, quiet maritime villages, and market towns. In their guide to this rich and diverse architectural heritage, Catherine Bishir and Michael Southern introduce readers to more than 1,700 buildings in forty-one counties from the coast to Interstate 95. Written for travelers and residents alike, the book emphasizes buildings visible from the road and indicates which sites are open to the public. Featuring more than 400 photographs and 30 maps, the guide is organized by counties, which are grouped geographically. Sections typically begin with the county seat and work outward with concise entries that treat notable buildings, neighborhoods, and communities. The text highlights key architectural features and trends and relates buildings to the local and regional histories they represent. A project of the North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office of the Division of Archives and History, the book reflects more than twenty-five years of fieldwork and research in the agency's statewide architectural survey and National Register of Historic Places programs. Two future volumes will cover western and piedmont North Carolina.

LC Classification Number95-50149 [NA]